Bates Mate

He is hopefully he has one of those 4-6 possession games in the GF that were 2 out of 3 when he was a demon

As much as it pains me to say, it's the right decision. 1. family first given his wife is due to give birth to twins. 2. He realistically isn't best 23 3. He is the ultimate team man and 2 weeks of "make Jones the Medi sub " talk isn't helpful to the team and he knows it.

Just woke up a bit dusty, had a dream Gawn kicked 5 , we smashed Geelong and are playing in a GF.

In : bradtke Out : Gawn (retested/ general soreness)

Was great, Gaz still has passion for the club, was wound up like a clock.

I can't at winning/loosing money to my anxiety levels thanks Binman

Some random on Twitter saying Henderson out , Higgins in . Leave them short down back if true

Didn't the cats already use that excuse for danger when he sat out most of the last qtr in round 23?

Same been confident all week and woke up with a nasty dose of mfcss

Just some dust in my eye. Love this club https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1014855/message-to-the-members?videoId=1014855&modal=true&type=video

When was the last VFL game played ?? 6-8 weeks ago?

Do subs have to come from the emergency list. If Hunt is right I'd have him as the sub. Can play forward or back and have impact, if we find our self in a difficult situation on the scoreboard and need to throw everything at it. The Geelong geriatrics would struggle in a 4th quarter chasing down Hunt.

I think we need hibbos ability to play tall and small more than hunts run. Hibbo can still run it off half back although he had lost a yard. Having Bowey offsets any worry about run as his kicking is elite and an executed kick moves faster than any player can run

Sell tickets for 5k each, donate to the police after the game has finished

Unfortunately Smith's body is not up to playing sustained AFL footy, I feel for the bloke. From a team perspective it is no damage done. I was actually wanting this change before the injury. Hibberd is a smart defender, Smith while athletic is a bit lost defensively at times.

No knock on him having impeccable mail, just the whole I know there is an injury, but not telling who it is. It's not positive to the psych of the supporters particularly right now

You may have some mail and it then turns to be correct but this post adds no value to the supporters in here, actually it's the opposite

Agree. I think we will also have the neutral wce booing the umps crowd on our side. Hatred for Geelong and their coach, Captain, danger, Hawkins etc is pretty much universal unless your a Geelong fan. Add to it the sentimental favourite being us due to our drought I think Friday will have a home game feel for us

I don't mind that they had a comfortable game against a depleted GWS. Sydney would have probably won based on what I saw tonight and are much more dangerous. The gap between GWS last night and our current level is huge. Geelong won't be easy but I have faith we will be better for longer over 4 qtrs

Danger threw it Hawkins hand in the face. Nothing to see play on

I've never bought into the whole umpires pre determined bias thing but this game is unbelievable

Don't think I'm watching a premiership team tonight

Me too , my parents , sister have been going for 25+ years every home game. are all double vaxxed and following the draconian rules for 200+ days. no way I'm not watching a prelim of GF without them.

I'm surprised they are still going for the week off in between the prelim and GF. If I was the AFL if get all teams to WA after the weekends games and play through.

I prefer kozzies goal vs North https://youtu.be/-4Mx2Kqcs2E The actual finish want as flashy but not many players would be able to pull off the lead up to it